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Radical Cleric Freewheeling in JamaicaBy Madeleine Gruen
Anwar al-Awlaki's ability to circulate messages has been significantly diminished in the wake of revelations of his connections to the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan and the would-be Christmas Day airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. However, Abdullah al-Faisal's ability to communicate remains relatively unhindered. Despite serving a prison sentence in the U.K. for inciting violence, having been recognized as a spiritual mentor to 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay and to American James Ujaama, who attempted to establish a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon, and getting bounced out of Kenya in January 2010 due to concern over his detrimental influence in the Muslim community, Faisal is still able to communicate freely with followers through his online broadcasts from Jamaica. A group calling itself The Call2Islam Movement (which is likely a cover for the U.K. extremist group Al Muhajiroun) broadcast a May 2010 Paltalk lecture by Faisal on its Youtube home page. In the lecture, Faisal implied that he is building a following in Jamaica, and praised the Jamaican media for giving him a platform to deliver his message openly: "I'm having a good time in Jamaica. I can't go into details, but lot of people are taking their Shahada here [converting to Islam] in Jamaica, especially women and this is quite shocking because in the 1980s women did not gravitate towards Islam but now we're in the 2000s and the women are gravitating towards Islam here in Jamaica. The Jamaican media has been extremely good for Islam. They do not give Islam bad press in this country. It's not like the USA and the UK in which they target Islam in order to give it bad press. They allow you to come on the TV and explain [Islam] to the people. They allow you to come on the TV and debate with bishops and priests and expose the falsehood they are preaching to the people. So, the Jamaican media is excellent from that angle." The NPR report that disclosed Faisal Shahzad's statement to interrogators about drawing spiritual inspiration from Awlaki and al Faisal did not specify whether there was any direct communication between Shahzad and either cleric. Faisal denied to the NPR reporter that he corresponded with Shahzad. Nevertheless, direct communication is not a requirement for incitement. Shahad, like many others, likely found inspiration by downloading lectures and reading statements that are easily accessed on the Internet. A background report on Abdullah al-Faisal can be read here.
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